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one of my favorite albums of all time that supremely captures the pain of working to survive, and perfect to listen to at your boring job. I LOVE THIS BAND
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this album came out right when I was working in a semi-toxic workplace and one of my coworkers started to have a breakdown. For him especially the job was deeply unhealthy and toxic.
He was a guy who always hid his issues and pain, thought the only acceptable pathway was to cover up and put on a brave face and say that everything was good and he was always okay. There was shame in admitting weakness or failure or confusion. But things got to be too much and started to spill out and thank goodness he opened upāwith me and a couple othersāabout the depression, suicidal thoughts, childhood trauma, and decade of stuffing it down.
This song was cathartic for all of us at the time: permission granted to be real.
Epilogue to the story above: he quit the toxic job, started getting help, and ever since has been on a journey of open authenticity.
Great song!
Nov 1, 2024
a forever favorite. i almost cried in the shower listening to it the other day, and i would most certainly sob if i experienced the magic of it in concert. when the sweet, synthy sounds of āEver Newā start the album, it makes you wanna jump in a cold lake and become new againā¦ this album could be one of the reasons why i end up in divinity school one day to study the religious, almost god-like properties of music (and iām not even really religious!)
Sep 29, 2024
Erik Petersen left us with many songs that overflow with wisdom but this is the one I go back to the most. There is joy in tragedy and hope in hopelessness. I listen to it every time I need to be reminded of that.
Five years is a long time but every second has been worth it.
Jan 25, 2024
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Why do you come to a repertory screening at a movie theater to talk through the whole thingā¦ damn you to hell!!
Furthermore, people who laugh at anything remotely weird, uncomfortable, or provocative in a filmā¦ Iām not sure what youāre trying to prove but part of the human experience is sitting in discomfort. Not to be the laughter police because there is humor in absurdity, but I canāt stand people laughing at everything just because itās āweirdā and they donāt want to seem like they condone the message on screen.
Feb 16, 2025
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My favorite hobby is watching for planes and checking where theyāre coming from and where theyāre going on the flight radar appā¦ if you live near a major airport this is the greatest activity in any season and something that gives me a reason to take a walk to the pier. Love to see a plane coming from super far and imagining all the tired people ready to land in the little tube in the sky.
Feb 23, 2025
for the Philly girls, thereās a block of South where nearly every shop window has a cat wanting to say hi. only for the early morning birds
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